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U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February, an Unexpected Decline

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Unemployment Rate Rose in Sign of Shakier Economy

Job growth fizzled last month and the rate of unemployment rose to 4.4 percent, the Labor Department reported.

 

Stocks Drop as Weak Jobs Report Adds to Uncertain Outlook

Stock movements this week has been choppy as investors weighed the inflationary impact of the war in the Middle East. The jobs report has complicated matters.

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Israel Pummels Beirut, Intensifying Strikes on Hezbollah

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Thousands Flee Bombardments; Israel Says It Is Also Hitting Tehran

The strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs were the heaviest Israeli attacks since 2024. President Trump repeated that there “will be no deal” with Iran.

 

  1. Beirut, LebanonSmoke rising after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday.
    Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times
  2. Beirut
    Damage from recent airstrikes in the southern suburbs.
    AFP
  3. Tehran
    Gathering for the first Friday prayers after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes and killed Iran’s supreme leader.
    Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
  4. Tehran
    Supporters of the Iranian government marching through the capitol. 
    Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
  5. BeirutA displaced family from the southern suburbs at their makeshift shelter on Beirut’s seaside promenade.
    Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times
  6. Beirut
    Displaced residents gathering on the street near Martyrs' Square.
    Reuters
  7. Tel Aviv
    People waiting in a bomb shelter amid air raid warnings.
    Agencia EFE, via Associated Press
  8. Tel AvivSirens blare and air-defense missiles streak across the skyline on Friday.
    By Reuters
  9. TehranSmoke rising from a central district of the Iranian capital on Friday. 
    By Social Media, Via Reuters
  10. Sidon, LebanonA damaged building in southern Lebanon.
    Mahmoud Zayyat/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  11. Sidon
    First responders carrying the remains of a victim from a building damaged in an airstrike.
    Mahmoud Zayyat/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  12. Givatayim, IsraelEmergency workers outside a damaged building. 
    Amit Elkayam for The New York Times
  13. JerusalemFriday prayers, as the Al Aqsa Mosque remains closed to visitors.
    Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press

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Lebanon at ‘Tipping Point’ as It Seeks to Curb Hezbollah’s Influence

The country is waiting to see if the government seizes on this moment to disarm the Iranian-backed armed group and how the militants will respond.

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Bulletproof Vests and Rolex Watches: The Rise and Fall of Kristi Noem

As homeland security secretary, she helped fulfill President Trump’s border pledges, but she also drew negative attention to his administration.

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  1. January 2025
    At confirmation hearings. Kristi Noem was a vocal critic of President Biden’s immigration policies.
    Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
  2. February 2025
    Touring Guantanamo Bay. Plans to house migrants at the site were challenged in court.
    Doug Mills/The New York Times
  3. March 2025
    Delivering remarks in front of detainees at CECOT, a detention center in El Salvador.
    Pool photo by Alex Brandon
  4. JulyVisiting the detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
    Doug Mills/The New York Times
  5. October
    During a government shutdown, Noem filmed an ad campaign on immigration at Mount Rushmore.
  6. January
    Appearing with Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas.
    Gabriel V. Cárdenas/Associated Press
  7. January
    After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Noem accused him of domestic terrorism.
    Al Drago/Getty Images
  8. March
    President Trump contradicted Noem’s sworn statements at contentious hearings. 
    Eric Lee for The New York Times

Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

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Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel

When President Trump pardoned Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing-home owner, in November, I was curious about the back story and began investigating.

Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel

With some of Trump’s clemency grants, political or personal connections to him or his team are immediately clear. That was not the case with Schwartz.

Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel

Instead, I learned, Schwartz had paid a number of lawyers and lobbyists who had ties to Trump’s orbit to try to secure freedom.

Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel

When he was released from the minimum-security prison camp in Otisville, N.Y., after serving only three months of a three-year sentence, other inmates began discussing whom they could pay to achieve the same result.

Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, dismissed the notion that lobbyists had shaped Trump’s clemency decisions. “Anyone spending money to lobby for pardons is foolishly wasting their money,” she said in a statement.

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Scandal-Hit Texas Republican Drops Re-election Bid

Several House members had called for Representative Tony Gonzales to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.

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An Ultra-MAGA Candidate Straight From the Marjorie Taylor Greene Playbook

Colton Moore, who hopes to win a Georgia special election to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic. But he lacks one thing: a Trump endorsement.

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Jesse Jackson Service to Draw Leaders Including Biden, Obama and Clinton

The large-scale public event in Chicago today caps two weeks of memorials for the civil rights leader, who died at 84.

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Renters Made Zohran Mamdani Mayor. Can He Remake the City for Them?

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Jonathan Mahler

Jonathan Mahler

Zohran Mamdani defied Democratic norms, targeting his mayoral campaign not at property owners but at renters. I wanted to understand how he intends to govern for them during a historic affordable-housing crisis.

Jonathan Mahler

Jonathan Mahler

I spent time with the woman he appointed to lead the effort, Cea Weaver. She wants to see the city take a much more aggressive, pro-tenant role in the housing market.

Jonathan Mahler

Jonathan Mahler

Douglas Eisenberg heads A&E Real Estate, one of the city’s biggest landlords. He walked me through his finances and said that rent regulations already make it impossible to stay above water.

Jonathan Mahler

Jonathan Mahler

Experts are predicting a record number of foreclosures on rent-regulated buildings. For many owners, it will be ruinous. For Weaver, it’s an opportunity to reset the values of these properties.

Potomac Is Safe Now, Officials Say. But Locals Still Worry About the Poop.

A broken pipe sent a gusher of sewage into the river near Washington. Some people may try to row, sail or fish. But skeptics are steering clear.

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Salwan Georges for The New York Times

Dusty Baker Returns From Retirement to Coach Nicaragua

The country has never won a game in the World Baseball Classic. The M.L.B. great is trying to change that.

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After a Brutal Winter, Worse News for Oyster Farmers

The deep freeze on the East Coast will still be felt during the summer. Long Island oysters will be in short supply.

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Janice Chung for The New York Times

‘Liquor Capital of China’ Is Trying to Save Its Fortunes

Once celebrated for its fiery spirits, the town of Maotai has reeled from a bad Chinese economy, changing tastes and a crackdown on boozy official banquets.

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